Multiple people on board a private plane that crashed into a San Diego military housing neighborhood early Thursday are dead but no one on the ground was injured, authorities said.

Fire and rescue officials say at least one person is dead and more fatalities are expected after a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, destroying several homes and cars.

A small plane crashed into a residential San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning, directly hitting one home and spreading debris and jet fuel over more than a dozen others, officials said.